Hadley, Lewis F. (Lewis Francis)
Variant namesStudent of Indian languages.
A life-long resident among the Indians, Lewis F. Hadley began to focus exclusively on Indian sign language after the issuance of an 1880 Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology report on the subject. In 1887 he engraved 685 "crude diagrams" and produced nineteen proofs of the same for review by the Indians. These diagrams were later improved and incorporated into Hadley's Indian sign talk : being a book of proofs ... (Chicago : Baker & Co., 1893)
From the description of Letter : Anadarko, Ind. Ter., to the Director of the Smithsonian Institute [John Wesley Powell], Washington, D.C., 1887 Aug. 25. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37907025
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| creatorOf | Hadley, Lewis F. (Lewis Francis). Letter : Anadarko, Ind. Ter., to the Director of the Smithsonian Institute [John Wesley Powell], Washington, D.C., 1887 Aug. 25. | Newberry Library |
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| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
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| correspondedWith | Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 | person |
| correspondedWith | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology | corporateBody |
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| Indian Territory--Anadarko |
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| Indian sign language |
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